Stories by Arun Gupta
Arun Gupta is a founding editor of The Indypendent newspaper. He is writing a book on the decline of American Empire for Haymarket Books.
Posted on May 3, 2012, Source: AlterNet
How will the 99% Spring impact the Occupy Movement?
Posted on Feb 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet
New research goes beyond the New York Times to show just how disturbing labor conditions at Foxconn, the "Chinese hell factory," really are.
Posted on Nov 27, 2011, Source: Salon
Protesters around the country have been cleared out of their occupied public spaces, but some of the smaller occupations could hold lessons for next steps.
Posted on Nov 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet
With the spread of political occupations to all 50 states today, lessons can be gleaned from past occupations for a movement that shows no signs of going away.
Posted on Oct 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Americans here are beaten down. But in occupations around the country they have found a space where they can speak of their struggles, burdens and aspirations.
Posted on Sep 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet
We all need to go down and join the occupation -- and not just by "liking" it on Facebook, signing a petition or retweeting protest photos.
Posted on Sep 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The neoconservative ideas that shaped the war on terror have evaporated as the United States is battered by an economic depression that shows no end.
Posted on Jul 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet
As Congress nears a vote on the various debt ceiling deals, let's look at the lies and misinformation that got us into this mess.
Posted on Apr 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Why progressives need to think beyond the mantra of creating a "middle class America."
Posted on Mar 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The collision between natural hazards and human society and economy is what creates a disaster.
Posted on Jan 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The Right foments group resentment in increasingly apocalyptic terms, to people in need of easy answers in an era of widespread joblessness and uncertainty.
Posted on Dec 18, 2010, Source: AlterNet
While the safety net is being withered by attrition, record corporate profits are deemed off-limits for discussion about closing the budget gap.
Posted on Nov 5, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Why did a large number of adults vote against CA's prop 19? Because of the existing reform legalization.
Posted on Jun 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Israel's official statements about the flotilla were terrible. But our media's treatment of the situation was just as bad.
Posted on May 23, 2010, Source: TruthOut.org
You name it, the right has opposed it: civil rights, school desegregation, women's rights, labor organizing, the minimum wage, LGBT rights, welfare, immigrant rights.
Posted on Apr 8, 2010, Source: AlterNet
After two months, kids hated the new meals, milk consumption plummeted, and many students dropped out of the school lunch program altogether.
Posted on Feb 12, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The rapid mobilization of U.S troops in Haiti was not primarily done for humanitarian reasons; we're likely to see a neoliberal economic plan imposed, at gunpoint if necessary.
Posted on Sep 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
You can always learn to say "Would you like fries with that?" But who wants to eat made-in-a-factory E. coli burgers, much less sling them?
Posted on Aug 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Junk food is killing us slowly with diabetes, heart disease and cancer. But we can't stop because we're hooked, and the food industry is the pusher.
Posted on Jul 23, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The confluence of factory farming, the boom in fast food and manipulation of consumer taste created processed foods that can hook us like drugs.
Posted on Apr 6, 2009, Source: Indypendent
Economic contraction could provoke: confrontation between U.S. and China or an unraveling of the European Union.
Posted on Nov 7, 2008, Source: Indypendent
We need to band together and organize powerful new movements across this country.
Posted on Nov 5, 2008, Source: PINKtank
Just like the '30s, this unprecedented crisis has given us the opportunity to fix America and create a productive, sustainable economy for all.
Posted on Oct 13, 2008, Source: Indypendent
Everything you ever wanted to know about the biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression but were afraid to ask.
